I suggest reading the original linked article, if only because it includes a video with the zipper in action:

https://news.mit.edu/2026/three-sided-y-zipper-design-0504

Thanks! let's change the URL to that from https://www.yankodesign.com/2026/05/31/a-zipper-patent-sat-i... and we'll put that link and the video in the toptext.

This is worth doing because I'm about to re-up the thread a la https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308.

Direct link to video. These are some freaking cool zippers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWig98GVIno